Daze of Days Did you know that you have muscles in your fingers, armpits, neck and wrists? Well I do NOW…. because they, and the 200 other muscles that I have successfully managed to ignore…
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the sol times
The Sol Times News for Saturday the 9th, of March 2002 Crime Report Last night, at approximately 11:10 p.m. at the nightclub “Casbah”, located in Antigua Guatemala, a fight was reported to have broken out…
and the road goes ever on and on…
And the Road Goes Ever On and On… A little clarification… True: I will be VERY sad (and scared) leaving Central America. False: I dread going home. And the difference between these two statements? Worlds….
surf n’ sipicate
Surf n’ Sipicate Sipicate is a black sand beach on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. Surf is what my Guatemalan friends revolve their lives around. Last weekend, we kicked it in beach cabins for a…
tri-annual solbeam statistical update
Tri-Annual Solbeam Statistical Update — As of 26, February 2002 # of Months on the Road = 11 # of Suspicious Skin Infections in 11 Mos. = 3 # of Digital Cameras Donated to the…
sol vs. the volcano — a history
Sol vs. The Volcano — A History In Portland, Oregon, when given a piece of white construction paper and finger paints, children will blob and smudge paintings of snow-capped mountains topped with whipped-cream clouds and…
hammock dates
*turns her pant pockets inside out and shakes the sand out of them* I’m back from my three-day-date with a hammock on the black sand beaches of Monterico. It’s amazing how exhasting being lazy can…
crashing carnival
Crashing Carnival So today we celebrate Carnival in Guatemala. *looks around* No parades, beads or frats of raving boys with video cameras in sight (thank God!)…but then again, we Americans always love to add our…
providing safe passage
Providing Safe Passage Okay, the combination of working at the project *turns knob two turns to the right*, working at the bar *turns knob two turns left*, Spanish classes *turns knob right again*, the gym…
drive-by grabbings
Drive-By Grabbings It seems a favorite pastime of the hormonally-abundant Guatemalan teenagers around here, is to make drive-by grabbings of the constant flux of beautiful foreign girls living in and out of the Camino Seguro…